Comments on: Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith EliteXC fight slated for CBS Saturday Night Fights on May 31

By: Aunt Suzy

Aunt Suzy — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:42:22 +0000

We will all be watching this one. Papa, Nana and the gang will be cheering you on “BIG TIME”….Aunt Suzy

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:29:35 +0000

I train at utc in roseville cali in the gym that scott smith and james irvin own,Scott is a rock at #185 and truly has hands of steele,i have no dobt scott will knock out robby in the 1st round.

By: FAN590 - Blogs - The Showdown » Blog Archive » A Good ‘MMA’ Friday

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:02:02 +0000

[…] CBS has announced May 31st as their inaugural date for their ‘Saturday Night Fights’ programming. During some NCAA games yesterday, they aired their CBS Saturday Night Fights Commercial (video). The card will feature Kimbo Slice in the main event with Elite XC Middleweight champion Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith as the co-main event. From a business perspective, it looks like EliteXC is creating matchups that should produce ratings. […]

By: MrFyer

MrFyer — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:53:01 +0000

Robert Duran is the man with the “Hands of Stone”. They used to say “piedre de stone” or something. I hate when fighters can’t be original with their nicknames. You guys just aren’t trying.

By: nate diaz

nate diaz — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:02:24 +0000

i love lawler fights

just wish he was back in the ufc

5 round title fights are not good for lawler as he throws everything hes got in the first couple of rounds

i dont think cardio is the issue he could possibly be a little more selective with his striking… what he has is raw power rather than slick technical striking like anderson silva

silva appears to have the kind of striking that could go 5 rounds without tiring

this should be an awesome fight
from time to time smith seems to not be up for a brawl against lawler he wont have a choice… i guess he has a slight choice… early KO or brawl then ko

By: Mr.Cheek$

Mr.Cheek$ — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:58:23 +0000

IMO I think the elite shows on cbs will help out the ufc more than people think,here’s why my mom is 53 yrs old she knows I watch mma alot more UFC than anything but she called me up an said the yuf is on cbs now. I was like no its a different company than I started to think alot of people that dont watch the UFC knows about the UFC and they will watch Elite and think its the UFC than relize that it is not and than goes and try’s to find the real UFC.follow,But any case I myself cant wait for this card looks like gary is trying his hardest to make this a top notch SHOW he isputting guys (and gals) in there wh are going to bang it out for the fans.

By: belfort_fan

belfort_fan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:22:58 +0000

[quote comment=”376926″][quote comment=”376892″][quote post=”5414″]EliteXC Middleweight Champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (15-4) will put his 185-pound strap on the line against The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 4 alum Scott “Hands of Stone” Smith (13-4), [/quote]
Not that it matters.. But i thought it was Scott “Hands Of STEEL” Smith…not stone?[/quote]

I heard stone a few times.[/quote]
you must be a bored person to point these kind of thins out. but you are right

By: Automation

Automation — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:22:10 +0000

[quote post=”5414″]I was going to say the same thing john. I think having Lawler and Smith is good, but EliteXC and CBS need to showcase everything that MMA is about. Everyone loves seeing good striking, but if this is an introduction to MMA for people, they need to showcase the other aspects.
Exactly. With this huge opportunity comes big responsability and having an idiot like Gary shaw worries me about the way he will choose to portray mma to the American public.[/quote]

I haven’t read every post in great depth but got the jist of the story.

I think that UFC, Elite-XC etc are forgetting how this all started.

Putting boxers in with wrestlers etc. Effectively mixing the martial arts. These skills have now evolved where everyone has a combination of a few of these martial art skills.

However, these organisations insist on putting on a show in the name of business and not mma.

Unfortunately I feel they risk destroying our beloved sport, which they have spent enormous time and money building successfully for the sake of an entertaining street fight.

Just banging all the time will see a fate like boxing. People will eventually get seriously hurt, become vegetables or worse. The viewing public will diminish.

They need to go back to the roots.

That being said, Lawler will destroy Smith lol

By: kama kaze

kama kaze — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:20:19 +0000

i’m starting to like elitexc ALOT! its gonna be a slugfest!!

By: john

john — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:21:18 +0000

I am hearing rumors that the main event of the eliteXc CBS debut will be Kimbo vs. Ken Shamrock. I hope this is true because as sad as this is, Ken is the best possible opponent for Kimbo that eliteXc has to offer.